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"In this time of profound grief, we remain committed to offer compassion, comfort, and resources to aid in healing the families, friends, and Chatham community," Dr. Kruse added.

Love fashion? Love to shop? Put your ‘retail therapy’ to work to help fight cancer. Join Simmons Cancer Institute at SIU Medicine and SCHEELS from 7 to 9 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 6 for a free fashion show, great prizes and a fantastic cause, the fight against cancer. The event will take place at SCHEELS, 3801 S. MacArthur in Springfield. “These events provide a fun, comfortable environment to spotlight breast cancer awareness and show how it affects the residents of central Illinois. With this being a ‘fashion/shopping’ event, it may expose people to breast cancer information who may not have

The orthopedic surgery residents were crowded around tables of the J. Roland Folse, MD Surgical Skills Center on the fourth floor of the Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation. Surgical equipment hummed as the doctors drilled and sawed into assorted pieces of resin. The materials were crafted to create realistic resistance for the surgical residents as they practiced the procedures over and over, perforating and precisely removing sections from the blocks and cylinders. And there was another thing removed from the surgical simulation: the heightened pressure a trainee would experience in

Simmons Cancer Institute hosts 15th annual cancer symposium Simmons Cancer Institute (SCI) at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine will hold its 15th annual symposium, “Surviving Cancer: It Takes a Village,” on Friday, Sept. 16 at Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation, 228 W. Miller St., Springfield. The conference is designed for physicians and health care professionals interested in the care of cancer patients. The symposium will include interactive sessions and simulated encounters using standardized patients. The first session, “Breaking the News about a Cancer Diagnosis”

By Aren Dow: On the opposite wall of Sicely Kluge’s office, past the dinosaurs and the art supplies, hangs the starting point for many of her patients’ sessions: the snack center. It looks like one of those over-the-door shoe organizers – about five feet tall with pockets in rows – but instead of shoes, there are fruit snacks and juice boxes tucked inside, the ideal comfort food for her 5- to 17-year-old patients. It’s an optimal starting point to help her young patients relax and start their healing process. Kluge is a licensed clinical social worker for the Survivor Recovery Center (SRC) at